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Re: PATCH: Optimize memcmp for ia32

From: "H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
To: tom_gall at mac dot com
Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 11:41:09 -0800
Subject: Re: PATCH: Optimize memcmp for ia32
References: <4027D34F.5000003@redhat.com> <FB34BF57-5B31-11D8-88FE-0003939E069A@mac.com>

On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 12:58:43PM -0600, tom_gall@mac.com wrote:
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> On Monday, February 9, 2004, at 12:37 PM, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
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> >H. J. Lu wrote:
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> >>I don't think anyone will be happy to run the current glibc on 
> >>anything
> >>less than Pentium Pro.
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> >That's unfortunately not true,
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> 
> I agree completely. Consider embedded linux systems with modest ia 32 
> processors.
> These kinds of systems while aren't as "sexy" as what most people stare 
> at on their desktops
> day in and day out, they are important in their own right and I would 
> urge that they not be
> forgotten.
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The new memset should run faster on all newer processors. It has very
little to do with embedded.


H.J.

References:
- Re: PATCH: Optimize memcmp for ia32
  - From: Ulrich Drepper
- Re: PATCH: Optimize memcmp for ia32
  - From: tom_gall

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